Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-06
NUMBER 141.

fact that Parsons had intrustcd to him his
| manuscript for revision and had him mako
| provision for his funeral.
"He is is ready to die and expects to. Ho
| has even hidden farewell to all his friends"
1t was rumored this afternoon, but could
| not be traced TO a reliable source, that Most
| the notorious New York anarchist and Justus
| Schwab, an enemy of law and order but q
| little less deeply dyed than the New York
| irc-eater would be in Chicago in few days
| to bid farewell TO their doomed comrades.
| Most and Schwab, ii is said, place no reliance
| in the reports that the governor is inclined to
| n favorable consideration of the cases of at
| least some of the men, and are making ready
| to stir up the workingmen of the country by
| making an extended lecturing tour through
| out the west. AT the Jail Parsons profcsscd
to be in ignorance of the future plans of his
| New York friends but evinced no surprise
| when informed of the rumor.
| The table set aside in the Palmer house
| restaurant to-day, where Francis Train had
| invited the wives and the children of the
| condemned anarchists to dine with him, stood
| deserted at | o'clock. 1t had been nicely
| spread and tastcfully decorated under the
| special orders of Citizen Train and by the
| best skill of the head waiter. AS the regular
daily guests arrived they contrived to obtain
| seats rs near this table as possible for the
| sake of observing what was likely to take
| place. But they were all doomed to disap-
| pontmcnt the same as Mr. Train. Mrs. Par
| sons had promised to gather the invited
guests and have them at the Palmer house
| promptly at O'Clock. But she too was dis
| appointed and early this morning communi-
| Gated with MIR. Train that she would be un-
| able to get the company together. The ban
| quet was consequently postponed.
Governor Oglcsby Will Not Talk.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. b-lntercst in tho
anarchist case at the capital is approaching
| fever heat and every move of Governor
| Oglcsby is watched with the most intense in-
terest. A small army of newspaper corre-
| H.. H.,
to them he said to-day ~ have resolved to
say nothing about the matter If talked to
the press at all l might say something un-
| guardedlv that did not mean or might be
misunderstood by you enterprising gentle-
| men, hence, with fairness to all, l must re.
fuse to reply to any question regarding tho
| anarchist Natter The governors mail to-day
was larger than it has yet been. 1t
| was said "a communication had been received
| from Colonel Robert Ingersoll in behalf OF
| the condemned men, but the truth OF this
could not be learned. Certain it is, however,
that many eminent men have either signed
the petitions or written the governor asking
clemcncy. On the other hand, it is said on
apparently good authority that the mails are
bringing in numerous letters and petitions
urging II rigid execution of the law on tho
ground of public policy. The different KINDS
of letters and petitions as soon as read
are indexed and filed away in boxes.
| The governor to-day had consultation with
| Attorney General Hunt, tnlS DclnE tne IrSb
interview with him since the latter's return
| from Washington. The object of the confer
| ence is of course unknown, as well as its re-
| suit. Wiley Jones, democratic member of the
| house of representatives, received u telegram
from a committee of the united labor party at
| Chicago asking him to assist them in pre-
| senting petition to Governor Ogesby Nom
day. Mr., Jones does not yet know what he
| is expected to do and will say nothing about
| the matter.
| Communication Talk.
/ CHICAGO, Nov. 5-States Attorney Grin
| nell gave instruct ions this morning to the
clerks of the criminal courts to prepare no
| calendar for next week This means there
| are to be no courts in anticipation of the exc
| cution.
Judge Frank Baker, who is now sitting in
criminal court. signed petition for commu-
taton this morning. Now that there seems
| to be stampede in the direction of a COM
| mutation Of sentence for the convicted
anarchists it may be well to mention what
| effect it has already had in very important
section of the community-the police force.
Already feeling akin to dismay has arisen
among the blue coats. A veteran officer
| voiced the general sentiment of the force
th, morning when he said 'If these men
are allowed to triumph over law through the
meddlesome intervention of any people, to
save whose lives and property we risked our
will find that the police force
of Chicago will never fight an
other battle with the Chicago anarchists.
1t is very well to say it is a terrible thing
to take seven human lives but it is not more
terrible than the way in which they took the
lives of seven of our boys and MANNED dozens
of them that May evening But suppose
| the life of police officer is ms nothing when
weighed against that of anarchists The
, discomfort, it is believed, will soon find some
stormy public expressions.
Letter of Spies, Schwab and Ficldcn.
| nytrn linz
munication. signed by Spies, Schwab and
Fielden, disawowing "aggressive force" and
! | deploring the loss of life at the Haymarket,
was given out tonight for publication. 1t is
| addressed to Governor Oglesby and it is to be
| | forwarded to him with formal petition for
l | clemency. The guarded wording of the
, | document is not able as its matter, particu-
s | larly as this is the first expression of the
| kind any of the condemned anarchists have
l made. Parsons, it is understood, acquiescics
/. | in its contents and will address separate
letter of his own to the governor, embodyng
G | the same ideas. Lmgg, Engel and Fischer
steadfastly refuse, however, to go on record
with any such declaration The following is
!, ! the letter in full:
= Governor Richard Oglcsby, Springfield,
4 | ill.--Sr In order that the truth may be
q | known by YOU and the public you represent
= we desire to state that we never advocated
\ the use of force except in case of sclf-de-
$ fense. To accuse us of having attempted to
overthrow law and government on May 4,
l. 1856, or AT any other time is as false as it is
$ abused Whatever we said or did was said
& and done publicly. We have never con-
n spired or plotted to commit an unlawful act.
y | While we attacked the present social an
o | rangcments in writing and speech and ex-
n posed their inquties, we have never con-
:. sciously broken any laws. So far from hay
g ing planned the killing of anybody at the
d Haymarket, or anywhere else, the
l. | very object of the meeting was 10
n protest against the commission of murder.
l. We believe it to be our duty AZ the friends OF
It labor and liberty to oppose any other use OF
a force than is necessary in defense OF sacred
n | rights against unlawful attacks. All our
n efforts have been in the direction Of elevating
mankind and TO remove as much as possible
a | the cause of crime in society. Our labor was
n unselfsh. No motives of personal gain or
A, ambition prompted us, Thousands and thous-
,r ands will bear testimony TO this. We may
r have erred at times in our iudgment-yes we
70 may have ''loved mankind not wisely, but
% too wcll.n If in the excitement OF prOpaRau
,e ing our views we We're led into expressions
r | which caused WOrkingmcn to think that